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obsolete

adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"

disused, obsolete

adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"

quelled, quenched, squelched

adj. subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"

past

adj. earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

antediluvian, antiquated, archaic

adj. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"

cold

adj. lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"

bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous

adj. destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden

deathlike, deathly

adj. having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor"

defunct

adj. having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"

doomed

adj. marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"

late(a)

adj. having died recently; "her late husband"

lifeless, exanimate

adj. deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"

lifeless

adj. not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet"

murdered

adj. killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"

slain

adj. killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"

stillborn

adj. (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby"

stone-dead

adj. as lifeless as a stone

back(a)

adj. of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine"

discontinued

adj. stopped permanently or temporarily; "discontinued models"; "a discontinued magazine"; "a discontinued conversation"

outdated, out-of-date, superannuated

adj. old; no longer valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"

obsolescent

adj. becoming obsolete

current

adj. occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

modern

adj. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"

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